India is ready with its first-ever infectious disease diagnostic lab under the vision ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ presented by the Prime Minister PM Modi. It is a rapid responding mobile laboratory and is a part of the government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan.
The lab was built in a record time of 8 days since from the receipt date of Automotive Chassis, of Bharat Benz.
It has been built with the support of Department of Biotechnology.
This lab has a BSL-2 facility along with the On-site Elisa, real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) tests, and bio chemistry analyzers. The lab has the ability to trace about 200 Elisa and 50 RTPCR in a time-span of 24 hours.